EP1913375B1 - Pipeline-untersuchung - Google Patents

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EP1913375B1
EP1913375B1 EP06787986A EP06787986A EP1913375B1 EP 1913375 B1 EP1913375 B1 EP 1913375B1 EP 06787986 A EP06787986 A EP 06787986A EP 06787986 A EP06787986 A EP 06787986A EP 1913375 B1 EP1913375 B1 EP 1913375B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F16L55/26—Pigs or moles, i.e. devices movable in a pipe or conduit with or without self-contained propulsion means
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    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N27/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means
    • G01N27/72—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables
    • G01N27/82—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws
    • G01N27/90—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws using eddy currents
    • G01N27/9013—Arrangements for scanning
    • G01N27/902—Arrangements for scanning by moving the sensors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L2101/00—Uses or applications of pigs or moles
    • F16L2101/30—Inspecting, measuring or testing

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  • This present invention relates intelligent pigs used in oil and gas pipelines to diagnose defects in pipeline walls.
  • the pig usually has urethane cups located in a front towing portion that seal with the pipeline wall and tow the intelligent portion of the pig through the pipeline by either gas or oil (fluids) in the pipeline pushing the cups as this product flows in the pipeline.
  • the intelligent portion of the pig collects data concerning defects in the pipeline wall as it is towed through the pipeline.
  • the information collected on these anomalies comprises, for example, the location, size and shape of cracks, pits, dents and corrosion in the pipeline wall. This information is stored in the pig and later retrieved from the pig when it is removed from the pipeline. This information can then be analyzed and the pipeline repaired as needed.
  • the intelligent pig in-line inspection tool to measure the magnetic flux leakage associated with defects in pipeline walls.
  • the tool accomplishes this by magnetizing the pipeline wall and using sensors to measure the leakage field generated by any defects.
  • the magnetic field is usually constant when no defects in the wall are present and as a result constant leakage is detected.
  • the magnetic field induced by the pig in the pipeline wall becomes more concentrated and increased leakage of magnetic fields develop which are measured to obtain information about the defect in the pipeline wall.
  • US patent 6,847,207 issued January 25, 2005 discloses an inspection tool that measures magnetic flux leakage in the pipeline wall caused by anomalies in the pipeline wall.
  • Magnetic flux leakage measuring technology relies on hall effect sensors to measure the magnitude of the defect that causes the flux leakage to occur.
  • the location of the defect in the pipe wall, that is closer to the inside diameter (ID) or outside diameter (OD) cannot be determined from magnetic flux leakage measuring technology due to the physics of the magnetic flux leakage paths around the defect.
  • US patent 6,847,207 teaches that ID/OD discrimination is accomplished by using an eddy current pulser coil and an eddy current detection coil, or a two coil pair, to provide a signal used to indicate whether a detected flux leakage anomaly is in the interior surface of the pipeline wall.
  • the use of two coils, a pulser coil and a sensor coil increases the size requirement of the sensor body and the associated circuitry required to pulse one coil and read the other coil.
  • one aspect of the present invention provides a sensor body for use in a pig for determining characteristics of a pipeline wall though which the pig passes.
  • the sensor body includes a circuit board and a single coil wrapped around the circuit board.
  • a microcontroller is mounted to the circuit board and connected to the single coil and configured to induce a waveform on the coil to thereby create an eddy current in the pipeline wall adjacent the sensor body.
  • the microcontroller is also configured to measure changes in a characteristic of the induced waveform on the single coil that correspond to the presence of anomalies on an inside diameter of the pipeline wall.
  • the sensor body also includes a sensor body cover molded about the circuit board, the microcontroller and the single coil.
  • the sensor body cover consists essentially of a wear resistant, non-metallic material that includes a polymer material.
  • the present invention provides an instrument pig for analyzing anomalies in a wall of a pipeline.
  • the pig includes a tow portion for moving the pig through the pipeline and an instrument portion for measuring anomalies in the pipeline wall.
  • the instrument portion includes a plurality of arms disposed circumferentially around the instrument portion, each arm flexibly mounted on the instrument portion to allow the arm to move radially inwardly and radially outwardly to provide clearance for the pig in the event that it encounters obstructions as it travels through the pipeline.
  • the instrument portion also includes a sensor body mounted to each arm.
  • the sensor body includes a circuit board, a single coil wrapped around the circuit board and a microcontroller mounted to the circuit board and connected with the single coil for inducing a waveform on the coil to thereby create an eddy current in the pipeline wall adjacent to the sensor body.
  • the microcontroller is configured to measure changes in a characteristic of the induced waveform on the single coil that correspond to the presence of anomalies on an inside diameter of the pipeline wall.
  • the sensor body includes a sensor body cover molded about the circuit board, the microcontroller and the single coil.
  • the sensor body cover consists essentially of a wear resistant, non-metallic material including a polymer material.
  • the pig also includes magnets mounted on the arms for generating and transmitting a magnetic field through portions of the pipeline wall adjacent the sensor body.
  • the pig further includes a data storage portion for storing data measured by the microcontroller.
  • the present invention relates to a magnetic flux leakage sensor suitable for use in a pipeline inspection pig.
  • the sensor comprises a plurality of magnetic flux sensing devices and a single ID/OD coil which is wrapped around the perimeter of a circuit board on which the magnetic flux sensing devices are mounted.
  • the single coil wrapped around the circuit board instead of the customary two coils previously used increases the compactness of the sensor and reduces the circuitry associated with the two coils.
  • a microcontroller is mounted on the circuit board and monitors the magnetic flux sensing devices to measure changes in the magnetic field in the pipeline wall and thereby detect anomalies in the pipeline wall.
  • the microcontroller is also connected with the single coil to induce a waveform in the coil and create an eddy current in the inside wall of the pipeline.
  • the microcontroller detects liftoff of the sensor from the inside wall of the pipe by measuring changes in a characteristic of the induced waveform in the single ID/OD coil. The detection of liftoff of the sensor from the pipeline wall at the same time as an anomaly is detected determines that the anomaly is on the inside wall of the pipeline.
  • the sensor also comprises a non-conductive wear surface normally in contact with the inside wall of the pipeline that permits for an optimum amount of energy transfer in both directions between the single coil and the pipeline wall.
  • the non-conductive wear resistant surface may comprise a polymer material, such as, for example, a polyurethane filled with wear resistant particles.
  • the wear resistant particles may comprise particles selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide and/or other non-conductive fillers.
  • the characteristic measured by microcontroller may be changes in peak-to-peak amplitude of the induced waveform.
  • an intelligent pig 10 for analyzing anomalies in pipeline walls.
  • the pig 10 comprises a tow portion 12, an instrument portion 14 and a data storage portion 16. Adjacent portions 12, 14 and 14, 16 are connected by a universal joint 22 that permits movement of the pig 10 around bends in the pipeline.
  • the tow portion 12 houses the batteries for providing electrical power to the pig.
  • Annular cups 20 are mounted around the circumference of the tow portion for sealing the annulus between the tow portion 12 and the pipeline wall 21.
  • the tow portion 12 may comprise multi-diameter cups that can expand and contract to conform with changes in the diameter of the pipeline.
  • the flow of pipeline fluid such as, for example, natural gas or oil is trapped by the cups causing the flowing fluid to push the pig through the pipeline.
  • the data storage portion 16 has a data memory for the pig 10. Data concerning the analysis of anomalies in the pipeline wall are transmitted from sensors contained in the instrument portion 14 for storage in memory. This data is analyzed after the pig is removed from the pipeline.
  • the pig 10 may comprise a single section that houses the battery, instruments, and memory.
  • circumferentially spaced suspension wheels 26 are mounted at the ends of each portion 12, 14, 16 for engagement with the inside of the pipeline wall and, together with the cups 20, to stabilize the portions of the pig 10 relative to the pipeline wall.
  • the instrument portion 14 of the pig 10 is shown to have a central body 30, which is supported by a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart suspension wheels 26 mounted adjacent opposing ends of the central body 30.
  • the wheels 26 support the instrument portion 14 in the pipeline.
  • Magnets 42, 42a of opposite polarity are mounted on the arms 34 on opposing sides of a sensor body 50 for generating and transmitting a magnetic field through portions of the pipeline wall 21 adjacent the sensor body 50.
  • sensor body 50 is mounted to each arm 34.
  • sensor body 50 comprises a circuit board 52, a single coil 54 wrapped around the circuit board 52, a plurality of magnetic flux leakage measuring devices 56 mounted on the circuit board 52, and a microcontroller 58 mounted to the circuit board 52.
  • the microcontroller 58 is connected with the magnetic flux leakage measuring devices 56 for detecting flux leakage in the pipeline wall 21.
  • the magnetic flux leakage devices 56 each comprise a hall effect sensing device.
  • the microprocessor 58 is also connected with the single coil 54 for inducing a waveform on the coil 54 to thereby create an eddy current in the pipeline wall 21 adjacent the sensor body 50.
  • the microcontroller 58 measures changes in the peak-to-peak amplitude of the induced waveform on the single coil 54 that correspond to the presence of anomalies on an inside of the pipeline wall.
  • the sensor body 50 further comprises a sensor body cover 60 comprising a sledge 64 and a bottom cover, both molded about circuit board 52, the microcontroller 58, the hall effect sensing devices 56 and the single coil 54.
  • Sledge 64 consists essentially of a wear resistant, non-conductive polymer material, such as for example, polyurethane filled with a wear resistant filler such as silicon carbide and/or other non-conductive fillers.
  • Non-conductive as used herein, means “electrically non-conductive,” unless otherwise explicitly stated.
  • Bottom cover consists essentially of a polyurethane without the silicon carbide or other non-conductive fillers.
  • board 52 including hall effect sensing devices 56 and single coil 54 are placed in a mold and a mixture of uncured polyurethane and silicon carbide poured in up to the intended depth of sledge 64.
  • This sledge is allowed to cure, and a polyurethane epoxy compound is poured on top of sledge 64 and allowed to cure to form bottom cover.
  • sledge 64 in effect, forms a sort of "laminate" over the face of sensor cover 60 that provides hardness and extended wear resistance as pig 10 moves against pipe wall 21. (Indexing pins, not shown, can be used to hold circuit board 52 in place in the mold.)
  • bottom cover is homogeneous and, in its entirety, consists essentially of either polyurethane without silicon carbide or other fillers, or polyurethane with silicon carbide and/or other non-conductive fillers.
  • silicon carbide or other hard, non-conductive fillers substantially increases the life of sensor bodies 50.
  • 36 grit silicon carbide (SiC) particles pretreated with silane is used.
  • Silane washing can be performed by vendors of silicon carbide.
  • Untreated SiC particles can also be used.
  • a suitable polyurethane resin used in some configurations is RenCastTM 6444/Ren ® 6444 polyurethane (available from RenShape Solutions, East Lansing, MI), which is a semi-rigid, amber, two component polyurea elastomer suitable for wear resistant applications. At an early stage of mixing the polyurethane resin, the SiC particles are added and mixed in thoroughly.
  • the mixture is centrifuged and/or placed in a vacuum before use to remove air that may be trapped by the mixing.
  • Any amount of 36 grit SiC in this material up to at least about 20% by weight increases the wear resistance and lifetime of sensor bodies 50, and particularly sledge 64, although in experiments, 10% by weight SiC has been found to outlast sledges 64 of 20% by weight SiC.
  • tests on actual sensor bodies 50 using 10% by weight SiC in sledge 64 consistently showed less than 2.0 mm of abrasive wear after more than 236 km of run on a test track. In some test runs, about 1800 km of run on a test track produced 1.41 mm of wear or less.
  • Sensor bodies having sledges of 20% by weight SiC produced 1.04 mm of wear or less after 686 km of run on a test track, as compared to 0.93 and 0.73 mm for two different sensor bodies having 10% by weight sledges.
  • Sensor bodies without SiC were found to have wear of 1.4 and 1.2 mm after only 14 km.
  • annular cups 20 are also used for annular cups 20.
  • annular cups 20 in some configurations consist essentially of the same composition used for sledges 64. This composition advantageously reduces wear on annular cups 20.
  • Figure 4 is a side perspective view of a configuration of an assembly of a sensor block 80 that comprises four sensor bodies 50.
  • Each sensor body 50 is supported by a spring support 82 that comprises or consists essentially of a material softer or less dense than the polyurethane used in sledge 64, or comprises or consists essentially of other suitable non-conductive material.
  • Spring support 82 can be molded using suitable polyurethane epoxy, for example, so that entire sensor block 80 is a unitary component.
  • An electrical cable 87 (partially shown in Figure 5 ) from each sensor body 50 that communicates with microcontroller 58 and provides power and ground is embedded within a respective arm 84. These cables connect to a marshalling card 86, shown in the bottom view of Figure 5 .
  • Marshalling card 86 is actually embedded in bottom section 88 of spring support 82, but is shown in Figure 5 because in some configurations, bottom section 88 is transparent or semitransparent. Marshalling card 86 concatenates and packetizes data from all four sensor bodies 50 and provides this data for further processing through a power and data cable 90 that exits sensor block 80.
  • a perspective view of sensor block 80 is shown in Figure 6 .
  • the single coil 54 together with the microcontroller 58 provide ID/OD discrimination used to assist in the determination of the location of the defect relative to the inside diameter or outside diameter of the pipeline 21.
  • the microcontroller 58 measures the change in peak-to-peak amplitude of an induced waveform on a single coil 54.
  • the peak-to-peak amplitude varies with its proximity to metallic objects; therefore if there is corrosion on the inside of the pipe, the microcontroller 58 senses the absence of metal, and if the corrosion is on the outside of the pipe there will be no measurable change in the single coil.
  • the microcontroller discern both magnitude and location of a defect.
  • an architectural overview of a configuration of sensor head 62 used in some configurations of the present invention includes a plurality of Hall effect sensing devices 56 including two axial sensors and two radial sensors, a single eddy current coil 54, microcontroller or microprocessor 58, eddy current driver 70, a power supply 72, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp 74. Voltage, data, clock, and ground signals are provided via a cable.
  • Microcontroller 58 manages digital to analog conversion functions, data telemetry, data processing, and eddy coil driver functions.
  • Data and commands in some configurations are communicated between a host and sensor head 62 is over a half-duplex bidirectional synchronous data link supported directly by microcontroller 58 at a data rate of 1 megabit per second.
  • electronics in sensor head 62 is a slave to the host.
  • the host is responsible for managing the timing of command and data transfer operations.
  • Data and clock signal lines are protected against ESD events by ESD clamp 74.
  • Hall sensors 56 are, in some configurations, low noise linear Hall effect devices selected for appropriate flux sensitivity, turn-on time, and noise specifications, and are ratiometric to the power supply. In operation, Hall sensors 56 are normally turned off in some configurations, except during a sample cycle. At the start of a sample cycle, Hall sensors 56 are turned on, allowed to stabilize, sampled by an analog to digital converter in microcontroller 58, and then turned off. This sequence of events advantageously reduces the current consumption of sensor head 62.
  • Eddy coil 54 is used to measure a distance between sensor head surface and pipeline wall 25 and in determining a fault location (ID or OD).
  • microcontroller 58 excites eddy coil 54.
  • a peak-to-peak measurement is made of a resulting waveform and the liftoff is derived from data contained in a calibration table stored in microcontroller 58.
  • the microcontroller single coil ID/OD sensing works as follows.
  • a small coil 52 whose physical location is very close to the pipe wall (between 0 and 10 mm) is driven with a square wave signal from the microcontroller 58.
  • the driving frequency of coil 52 is the free air resonant frequency of a tank circuit comprising coil 52 and a capacitor (not shown) on the same board as microcontroller 58.
  • Coil 52 converts the electrical energy from the driving signal into a magnetic field which, when in range of the metallic object in question, induces an eddy current within the metallic object, resulting in a transfer of the energy into the metallic object.
  • the driving frequency (and thus the capacitance of the on-board capacitor) is chosen to be high enough so that the metal is lossy at the driving frequency, yet low enough so that it can be adequately sampled by an analog to digital converter in microcontroller 58.
  • Some configurations of the present invention utilize driving frequencies of 28 kHz to 40 kHz, for example, but higher and lower frequencies can be used as a design choice.
  • the amplitude of the drive signal is measured on a capacitively isolated side of the coil by the microcontroller 58.
  • the amplitude of the high and low peaks are quantified by the analog to digital converter and subtracted.
  • the net result is a peak to peak amplitude associated with the induced waveform in the coil 52, which amplitude is proportional to the coil's proximity to the target metallic object. Therefore, if the sensor body 50 is riding along a pipewall 21 and its distance increases (due to a pitting in the metal surface), a change in measured peak-to-peak amplitude signals that the sensor body 50 has lifted off from the metal surface.
  • the liftoff is measured by means of measuring both the peak and trough of the induced waveform in response to the proximity of the coil to the metallic surface. Because the microcontroller 54 measures change in peak to peak amplitude, this measurement is immune to the effects of velocity (greater losses due to moving the sensor across a metallic surface - eddy current losses increase as a result).
  • the driving frequency of coil 52 is the resonant circuit of the tank circuit in free air
  • the effect of coil 52 passing over a defect is in the real domain rather than the imaginary.
  • the amplitude is shifted measurably as a result.
  • the effect of passing through a stray magnetic field can be cancelled out so that only the standoff from the pipe and/or the presence or absence of a defect is detected or recognized in some configurations of the present invention.
  • one or more functions of sensor head 62 are overlapped to reduce overall cycle time. Also, some configurations ensure that data transmission is not active during acquisition of data from sensors 56 so that spurious electrical noise is reduced during the analog to digital conversion process.
  • the present invention provides advantages over sensor heads that use two coils, a pulser coil and a sensor coil, and decreases the size requirement of a sensor body and associated circuitry.

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  1. Sensorkörper (50) zur Verwendung in einem Molch (10) zur Ermittlung von Eigenschaften einer Wand einer Pipeline (21), welche der Molch passiert, wobei der Sensorkörper aufweist:
    eine Schaltungsplatine (52);
    eine um die Schaltungsplatine gewickelte Einzelspule (54);
    einen Microcontroller (58), der auf der Schaltungsplatine montiert und mit der Einzelspule verbunden ist, um dadurch einen Kurvenzug an der Spule zu erzeugen, um dadurch einen Wirbelstrom in der an den Sensorkörper angrenzenden Pipelinewand zu induzieren, und wobei der Microcontroller dafür eingerichtet ist, Änderungen in einer Eigenschaft des induzierten Kurvenzugs in der Einzelspule zu messen, die dem Vorhandensein von Anomalien auf einem Innendurchmesser der Pipelinewand entsprechen, und
    eine Sensorkörperabdeckung (60), die über der Schaltungsplatine, dem Microcontroller und der Einzelspule spritzgeformt ist, wobei die Sensorkörperabdeckung im Wesentlichen aus einem verschleißbeständigen, nicht leitenden Material besteht, das ein Polymermaterial enthält.
  2. Sensorkörper nach Anspruch 1, wobei die durch den Microcontroller gemessene Eigenschaft Änderungen in der Spitze/Spitze-Amplitude des induzierten Kurvenzugs sind.
  3. Sensorkörper nach Anspruch 1, welcher ferner mehrere Magnetflussstreufeld-Messvorrichtungen (56) aufweist, die auf der Schaltungsplatine montiert und mit dem Microcontroller verbunden sind, um ein Flussstreufeld in der Pipelinewand zu detektieren und wobei die Magnetflussstreufeld-Messvorrichtungen jeweils eine Hall-Effekt-Messvorrichtung aufweisen.
  4. Sensorkörper nach Anspruch 1, wobei das verschleißbeständige Material ein Polyurethanmaterial aufweist, das mit nichtleitenden verschleißbeständigen Partikeln gefüllt ist.
  5. Sensorkörper nach Anspruch 3, wobei die durch den Microcontroller gemessene Eigenschaft Änderungen in der Spitze/Spitze-Amplitude des induzierten Kurvenzugs sind.
  6. Instrumentenmolch (10) zum Analysieren von Anomalien in einer Wand einer Pipeline (21), wobei der Molch aufweist:
    einen ziehabschnitt (12) zum Bewegen des Molches durch die Pipeline;
    einen Instrumentenabschnitt (14) zum Messen der Anomalien in der Pipelinewand, aufweisend:
    mehrere Arme (34), die in Umfangsrichtung um den Instrumentenabschnitt herum angeordnet sind, wobei jeder Arm flexibel auf den Instrumentenabschnitt montiert ist, um eine radiale Einwärtsbewegung und radiale Auswärtsbewegung des Arms zu ermöglichen, um einen Zwischenabstand für den Molch in dem Falle sicherzustellen, dass er auf Hindernisse auf seinem Weg durch die Pipeline trifft;
    einen Sensorkörper (50), der auf jedem Arm montiert ist und eine Schaltungsplatine (52), eine um die Schaltungsplatine gewickelte Einzelspule (54) und einen Microcontroller (58) aufweist, der auf der Schaltungsplatine montiert und mit der Einzelspule verbunden ist, um in der Spule zu einen Kurvenzug zu erzeugen, um dadurch einen Wirbelstrom in der an den Sensorkörper angrenzenden Pipelinewand zu erzeugen, und wobei der Microcontroller dafür eingerichtet ist, Änderungen in einer Eigenschaft des induzierten Kurvenzugs in der Einzelspule zu messen, die dem Vorhandensein von Anomalien auf einem Innendurchmesser der Pipelinewand entsprechen, und wobei der Sensorkörper eine Sensorkörperabdeckung (60) aufweist, die über der Schaltungsplatine, dem Microcontroller und der Einzelspule spritzgeformt ist, wobei die Sensorkörperabdeckung im Wesentlichen aus einem verschleißbeständigen, nichtleitenden Material besteht, das ein Polymermaterial enthält, und
    Magnete (42), die auf den Armen befestigt sind, um ein Magnetfeld zu erzeugen und durch die an den Sensorkörper angrenzende Abschnitte der Pipelinewand hindurch zu übertragen; und
    einen Datenspeicherabschnitt (16) zum Speichern der von dem Microcontroller gemessenen Daten.
  7. Molch nach Anspruch 6, wobei die durch den Microcontroller gemessene Eigenschaft Änderungen der Spitze/Spitze-Amplitude des induzierten Kurvenzugs sind.
  8. Molch nach Anspruch 6, wobei der Sensorkörper ferner mehrere Magnetflussstreufeld-Messvorrichtungen (56) aufweist, die auf der Schaltungsplatine montiert und mit dem Microcontroller verbunden sind, um ein Flussstreufeld in der Pipelinewand zu detektieren.
  9. Molch nach Anspruch 6, wobei das verschleißbeständige Material ein Polyurethanmaterial aufweist, das mit nichtleitenden verschleißbeständigen Partikeln gefüllt ist.
  10. Molch nach Anspruch 8, wobei die durch den Microcontroller gemessene Eigenschaft Änderungen in der Spitze/Spitze-Amplitude des induzierten Kurvenzugs sind, und die Magnetflussstreufeld-Messvorrichtungen jeweils eine Hall-Effekt-Messvorrichtung aufweisen.
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